This week, we discuss Dell's growth in AI servers, GEICO’s transition from VMware to OpenStack, and the concept of Kingmaking. Plus, plenty of thoughts on USB hubs.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c) 484 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c)
Runner-up Titles
You just put it in a different USB port
I am just going to repeat thing you say
A Decade of Aftershow
Happy Anniversary
Whatever :43 it is for you
Cascading hubs not supported anywhere.
Mac Dongle Pro
Getting DevOps to work on Intel
Enterprise Gaming PCs.
Brian Cantrell as Elon Musk
Computers are awesome
Matt and JJ can always go to GIECO.
I’ll take the more.
Really good surfers
Rundown
Dell
Dell’s AI Server Business Now Bigger Than VMware Used To Be (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/)
There's a lot of private cloud out there (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/theres-a-lot-of-private-cloud-out)
OpenStack
US insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/)
VMware Migration to OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/vmware-migration-to-openstack)
King Making (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-9624-king-making?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=148500331&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Relevant to your Interests
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Surprised by Skeptics (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-02/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-surprised-by-skeptics)
Nvidia Has Held Discussions About Joining OpenAI’s Funding Round (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-29/nvidia-has-held-discussions-about-joining-openai-s-funding-round)
Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/04/anthropic-launches-claude-enterprise-plan-to-compete-with-openai/)
What's Behind Elastic's Unexpected Return to Open Source? (https://thenewstack.io/whats-behind-elastics-unexpected-return-to-open-source/)
The startup teaching your computer how to smell (https://thehustle.co/news/the-startup-teaching-your-computer-how-to-smell)
Automatically summarize Word documents with Copilot (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/automatically-summarize-word-documents-with-copilot/ba-p/4231202)
Intel's Lunar Lake Looks Like a Home Run (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intels-lunar-lake-looks-home-112000963.html)
AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/att-sues-broadcom-for-refusing-to-renew-perpetual-license-support/)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/ai)
The Self-Destruction of Open Source Software (https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-self-destruction-of-open-source)
Confluent acquires streaming data startup WarpStream (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/confluent-acquires-streaming-data-startup-warpstream/)
There are almost no IPOs. (https://x.com/chrisfralic/status/1833651875046105302?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A)
Amazon congratulates itself for AI code that mostly works (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/amazon_q_developer_gartner/)
Charles Schwab Adopts PostgreSQL (With VMware Tanzu) (https://thenewstack.io/charles-schwab-adopts-postgresql-with-vmware-tanzu/)
Sponsor
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Nonsense
Delta, Other Airline Loyalty Programs Are Being Probed by US (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-05/delta-dal-american-aal-airline-loyalty-programs-under-investigation)
The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster’s Comeback (https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/the-35-year-old-ceo-plotting-red-lobsters-comeback-3c79d1a3)
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol outlines priorities to end coffee chain's slump (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/new-starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-outlines-plans-for-business.html)
Historic Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human Journalists (https://www.404media.co/historic-newspaper-uses-janky-ai-newscasters-instead-of-human-journalists/)
Conferences
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
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Recommendations
Brandon:
Rebel Ridge (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81157729&ved=2ahUKEwjCjfjMoLmIAxUuMdAFHW1AGn0QFnoECEMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2-SZ5c5q-XeQL3kiJU9brc)
Cloud News of the Month - August 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/09/cloud-news-of-month-august-2024.html)
Matt: Interstellar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/)
Coté: Reino Slippers (https://finlaysonshop.com/products/reino-slippers).
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